slapdashmonuments
Joined Ficlatté in September 2014
232 stories, 1 challenge, 1 prompt, 230 comments, and 37 friends
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Inspiration hits with a flash, stories written on the go. A rumble of laughter and the tale is heard only in echoes. The wind blows me in a new direction. Whom shall I visit next?
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Gray Blind 1
Rachael slipped into the bathroom, eyes on the hallway beyond. She rested her back on the shelves an…
Published 8 years ago.
7/27/2016
My future, furious, lunges
With weapons sharp and bright
To fell me where I stand.
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A single blow …
Published 8 years ago.
My face turns green and pale
The world waits for me
With greedy, eager hopes;
Prepared with oiled ropes
It waits with vile glee.
…
Published 8 years ago.
Woebegone
Woe, be gone
Don't linger on
Just try and find a wider home
There's lots of spots
That you could go
…
Published 8 years ago.
doomed
the sound is doomed
the air is doomed
my lungs full up with spores that plumed
the friends i loved
t…
Published 8 years ago.
NaPo 2016, Day 14
Well, I’m failing at life.
I just cannot do right.
It’s a meaningless fight
I should never have trie…
Published 9 years ago.
Beat a Retreat
You know that words can hurt
Even more than a stick or a stone.
A pen destroys more than a sword
A d…
Published 9 years ago.
Survivor's Sonnet
A brittle, dessicated kind of life
That has been weakened outdoors in the sun
Near deafened by the c…
Published 9 years ago.
Health
My body’s health is better, while my mental health is worse
If that’s a joke, I don’t feel quite amu…
Published 9 years ago.
NaPo Day 19
Is there someone who can teach me
How to make and keep a friend?
For it feels as though my every sta…
Published 9 years ago.
Lesson To Learn
I never learned to love myself.
I know not how it’s done.
I am so weak in will and mind.
I seek, but…
Published 9 years ago.
Cheesecake Pictures
Shall I compare thee to a yummy cake?
Thou art much richer, solid on the fork
Wait, what was that? I…
Published 9 years ago.
A Bad Trip
So we were in the Blythesburg area and wanted something to do on the weekend, so we picked this plac…
Published 9 years ago.
Then the next phase began.
I pushed open the doors, straining my back a little, and with a creak they parted. They were thick, …
Published 9 years ago.
Reinstalling my System (9/9)
And please, my Lord, I beg Thee, heal
The pain in one and all,
Which I in my confusion caused.
Pleas…
Published 9 years ago.